On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Mikołajki

It is about 248 km from Warsaw to Mikołajki, roughly 3 h 6 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 10 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 10 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 248 km
  • 3 h 6 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +13 min detour 31 km from the start Show on map

    Former Jewish Cemetery in Radzymin

    Photo: Former Jewish Cemetery in Radzymin
    Nonick 1 CC BY-SA 4.0

    A former Jewish cemetery founded in the 18th century, transformed into a park after World War II, in the town of Radzymin (Wołomin County).

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  2. Stop 2

    +3 min detour 48 km from the start Show on map

    Holy Trinity Church in Niegów

    Photo: Holy Trinity Church in Niegów
    Antektosiek CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Niegów (Zabrodzie Commune, Wyszków County), built in the second half of the 19th century in the Classicist style and entered in the heritage register.

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  3. Stop 3

    +16 min detour 69 km from the start Show on map

    Skansen in Brańszczyk

    Photo: Skansen in Brańszczyk
    MOs810 CC BY-SA 4.0

    An open-air museum in the village of Brańszczyk, Wyszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, founded in 2015.

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  4. Stop 4

    +10 min detour 98 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Josaphat the Bishop in Komorowo

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    A Roman Catholic garrison church in Komorowo (Ostrów Mazowiecka Commune, Ostrów County), listed in the heritage register.

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  5. Stop 5

    +10 min detour 122 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St John the Baptist in Piski

    Photo: Church of St John the Baptist in Piski
    Olowirnik CC0

    A Roman Catholic church in Piski (Czerwin Commune, Ostrołęka County), built in 1791 and listed in the register of monuments.

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  6. Stop 6

    +20 min detour 141 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Adalbert in Szczepankowo

    Photo: Church of St Adalbert in Szczepankowo
    mzopw Public domain

    A 16th-century Roman Catholic church in Szczepankowo (Śniadowo Commune, Łomża County), entered in the heritage register in 1971.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +17 min detour 155 km from the start Show on map

    Fort III of the Łomża Fortress

    No photo is available yet.

    A fort of the Łomża Fortress, built in 1896, located in Pociejewo (Piątnica Commune, Łomża County).

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +10 min detour 184 km from the start Show on map

    Stary Dwór Hillfort in Czerwone

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    An archaeological site in the village of Czerwone (Kolno Commune, Podlaskie Voivodeship), listed in the register of monuments.

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  9. Stop 9

    +2 min detour 208 km from the start Show on map

    Water Tower in Pisz

    Photo: Water Tower in Pisz
    Emptywords CC BY-SA 3.0

    A water tower built in 1907 in the town of Pisz (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), entered in the register of monuments in 2007.

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  10. Stop 10

    +10 min detour 221 km from the start Show on map

    Evangelical Church in Wejsuny

    Photo: Evangelical Church in Wejsuny
    Josch12357 Public domain

    An Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the village of Wejsuny (Ruciane-Nida Commune, Pisz County), a Neo-Gothic building.

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Mikołajki to Warsaw, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Mikołajki to Warsaw

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.